FC Groningen seems an odd one to mention when you're just talking about a standard two tier ground. Even if any of that is true, which I don't believe at the moment, we'd end up playing in some empty hinterland with the upper tiers closed like MK Dons do. We're not going to suddenly get 15,000 gate just becase we've built a new stand.
EP is desperate for an upgrade, without doubt, and I hope research is happening at the moment, but we're a long way from that being the number one priority. Since 2005 I think we've only ever sold out one game, Carlisle.